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What individual investors can do after China and Wall Street won this round of the trade deal – MarketWatch, Marketwatch.com

What individual investors can do after China and Wall Street won this round of the trade deal – MarketWatch, Marketwatch.com


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

On the surface it appears that China and Wall Street won this round of the trade deal.

Who lost? It appears that the loser is America. China has taken advantage of the U.S. over the past 40 years. Let’s discuss a potential game plan for investors with the help of a chart.

The chart

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Please clickherefor an annotated chart of Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF                                                                                                                                                                                                                      DIA, 0. 08%.                                                                                                                                                           Investors also can use a chart of S&P 500 ETF                                                                                                                                                                                                                      SPY,– 0. (%).                                                                                                                                                           Those with portfolios that are heavy in technology should keep an eye on the chart of Nasdaq 100 ETF                                                                                                                                                                                                                      QQQ, 0. 01%.                                                                                                                                                          

Note the following:

• The chart shows the highest probability zone on the upside if there is a breakout on good news either on the trade front or from company earnings .

• The chart shows the highest probability zone without a breakout.

• The chart shows the Arora buy signal.

• The relative strength index (RSI) shows the stock market can go either way.

• The chart shows the volume is higher on down days. This indicates high risk in this stock market.

• The details of phase one of the trade deal are missing. Therefore it is not possible to draw a definite conclusion.

• The Trump administration is calling the deal substantial, but it is difficult to see how China did not get the better of President Trump.

• China has agreed to buy up to $ 50 billion in US agricultural goods. This amount is only about $ 25 billion more than what China would have bought without a trade deal. China needs these agricultural products to feed its population.

• On the U.S. side, this is a minuscule amount for the U.S. economy.

• The agriculture portion of the deal does help Trump with farmers in his re-election.

• There is much said about China agreeing to currency transparency. Trump has been overplaying that China devalues ​​its currency to gain an advantage in exports.

• The reality of the currency issue is that every time the yuan goes lower, capital outflows from China increase. China does not want capital outflows. For this reason, it is in China’s best interest to keep its currency stable.

• On the surface, the currency deal does not appear to give the U.S. any advantage.

• Chinese exports to the U.S. in September fell about 22% year over year. This is the result of the tariffs. China cannot afford higher tariffs. But in this phase one trade deal, China succeeded in Trump removing the tariffs that were supposed to go into effect on Oct. 15.

• Removing the Oct. 15 tariffs reduces pressure on China to strike a better deal for the US

• The real issues of technology transfer, state subsidies and structural changes are not part of this deal.

• Wall Street wins because Wall Street is myopic, and it just wants the stock market to rise in the short term.

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The game plan

Investors ought to pay attention to the highest probability zone without a breakout shown on the chart. The most probable scenario is that the stock market will stay range-bound in this zone unless there is more news.

Investors ought to carefully watch the stock of Apple                                                                                                                                                                                                                      AAPL , 0. 15%                                                                                                                                                          because Wall Street has assumed that all is clear with China.

Investors ought to also watch the stocks of Facebook                                                                                                                                                                                                                      FB,– 0. 40%,                                                                                                                                                           Amazon                                                                                                                                                                                                                      AMZN,– 0. 31%                                                                                                                                                           and Google                                                                                                                                                                                                                      GOOG, 0. 34%                                                                                                                                                                                         GOOGL, 0. 35%                                                                                                                                                           because of the severe headwinds that these stocks may face if Elizabeth Warren beats Trump. Price action in these stocks shows that Wall Street believes Trump will win re-election.

Investors ought to carefully watch semiconductor stocks such as Xilinx                                                                                                                                                                                                                      XLNX,– 0. 25%,                                                                                                                                                           AMD                                                                                                                                                                                                                      (AMD,) 1. 28%,                                                                                                                                                           Intel                                                                                                                                                                                                                      (INTC,– 1. %                                                                                                                                                           and Micron Technology                                                                                                                                                                                                                      MU,– 0 . 40%                                                                                                                                                           because of their heavy dependence on China. Semiconductor stocks are often a leading indicator.

Investors should also keep an eye on gold ETF                                                                                                                                                                                                                      GLD, 0. 40%                                                                                                                                                           and silver ETF                                                                                                                                                                                                                      SLV, 0. 75%.                                                                                                                                                           Right now the price action in gold and silver indicates that all is clear for stocks.

Don’t be fooled

Don’t be fooled by Wall Street’s reaction and positioning. Do you remember that Wall Street proclaimed Hillary Clinton was going to win? Do you remember Wall Street proclaimed that the stock market would fall if Trump was elected?

Disclosure: Subscribers toThe Arora Reportmay have positions in the securities mentioned in this article or may take positions at any time.Nigam Arorais an investor, engineer and nuclear physicist by background who has founded two Inc. 500 The fastest-growing companies. He is the founder of The Arora Report, which publishes four newsletters. Nigam can be reached at[email protected]. *********************                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

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